Sheep-rack



(N0 Model.)

J. N. SCUDDER. SHEEP BACK.

N0. 486,508. PatentedNov. 22, 1892 ATTE-ST.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES NELSON SCUDDER, OB CAN'ION,PENNSYLVANIA.

SHEEP-RACK.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 486,508, da.tedNovember 22, 1892.

Serial N0. 435,442. (N0 mode1.)

T0 all whom it moay concern:

Be it known that1, JAMES NELSON SCUDDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Can ton, in the eounty of Bradford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements inSheep-Feeding Racks and Mangers; and I d0 hereby declare the followingto be a full, e1ear, and exact desoription 0f the invention, such aswill enable 0thers skilled in the art t0 which it appertains t0 make anduse the same.

My invention'has relation to feeding-racks f0r sheep; and the object isto provide a simple, eonvenient, and inexpensive form of rack and mangercombined; and to this end the novelty consists in theconstructioncombination, and arrangement of the several parts 0f theSame, as Will be hereinafter more full v described, and particularlypointed out in the elaims.

In the accompanyingdmwings the same letters of reference indicate 1ikeparts of the invention.

Fignre 1 is a view in perspective of my unproved sheep rack and mangercombined, as it appears Set up and ready for use; and Fig. 2 is atransverse seetion 0f the same on the line of one 0f the hinges andhavingthe cover removed.

Upon an ordinary and suitable base-board is mounted a frame eonsistingof two girders A A, upon which is secured a. series of triangu1ar stripsa a, so that there is left a small space a'.between each strip, and theframe itself is hinged at a a to the base proper, and the said frameformsthe floorof the rack and manger. T0 thiS fra1ne are secured theclosed A-shaped end pieees B B, sides B B, and partition B which dividesthe manger into seetions.

Hinged to the sides B B, 011 eaeh side thereof at b b, is a slattedfrarne O, and each frame is provided With aslot c, through which passesa lever c, pivoted t0 the partition B and it has two notches d d, whiehrest in the bottom of the slot c, by means of which the frames O may belocked in a closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, while the animals arefeeding', 01 may be held open to fill the rack, as shown in Fig. 2.

E is a light sheet-metal wing 0r eover, hinged at e e to the ridge-poleF, which counects the ends B B and partition B and said cover isprovided with a spring-lever handle G, whiclfiengages With anotched kneeH and retains the eover in an elevated position,when desired, whereas byreleasingr the handle G the cover may be closed over eitherside of therack, thus converting it into.a Single feeder, when neeessary. A pair ofknees, one of which is shown at h, are seeured 110 the base, and inconneution with the hinges a a p event the displaeement of the rack fromthe base when it is in use.

The hay, straw, or fodder is placed in the rack, the frzunes O O beingthrown outward, as shown in Fig. 2, t0 f-aeilitate the operation, andafter it is filled the frames are then elosed and the animals haveaecess to the food through the spaces formed by the slats 0f the frames,and whateverdirt, dust,orother foreign matter there may be in the foodwill be separated therefrom by the agitation of the fodder in the act offeeding, will fall t0 the bottom, and not being ab1e to rest upon thetriangular slats forming the fioor will drop through and be caught bythe base-board, thus insuring only clean, healthy food being suppliedand proteeting the eyes, nose, and W001 of the animals from the chafifand Iitter. After feeding, the manger proper may be tilted over 011 thebase by means 01: the hinges a a and the refuse collected on thebase-board readily removed.

Having thus fully deseribed my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent of the Uni ted States,

1. Acombined sheep rack and manger cousisting of a base having hingedthereto the girders A A, npon whieh are mounted the triangular strips a,end pieces B, sides B, and hinged slatted fram es C, substantially asand f0r the pnrpose Set forth.

2. In a combined sheep rack and manger, thecombination, with the basehavinghinged thereto the girders A A, upon whieh are mounted thetriangular strips a, the end pieces B, sides B, and the hinged slattedframes O, of the cover E, hinged t0 the upper ends of the end pieees B,the downwardly-depending spring-lever handles G, secured to cover E, andthe knee H,secured to end piece B, with which said lever is adapted toengage, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. NELSON SOUDDER.

Witnesses:

O. P. SPALDING, M. P. GRIFFIN.

